Which singer earns the most money

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor jemaswad. See All. More From Our Brands. Expand the sub menu Film. Expand the sub menu TV. Expand the sub menu What To Watch. Expand the sub menu Music. Eilish was only able to play at three stops on her Where Do We Go? It's worth noting that Billboard includes the share of publishing revenue earned by Eilish's brother and collaborator, the producer FINNEAS, in the singer's base earnings.

Drake takes the crown for the second year in a row as the overall top streaming artist. The rapper had nearly 3 billion more streams than Taylor Swift. Billboard notes Swift earned more on streaming, though, because she retains control of her most recent recording masters, including 's "Folklore" and "Evermore" albums. Source: Billboard , Rolling Stone.

The rock legends ranked fourth in physical album sales, Billboard reported. YoungBoy Never Broke Again debuted on the list, thanks to his 7. The "White Teeth" artist ranks first overall in the video streaming category. Future also rereleased three classic mixtapes from the mids, Beast Mode , 56 Nights and Purple Reign , which contributed to 4. Like many hip-hop artists, his sales royalties were minimal.

The album debuted at No. Wave had zero physical sales last year. Strait was one of the few artists who made significant touring income before the pandemic. He also performed unusually well, for a country artist, in streaming, generating In a typical touring year, The Lumineers would probably not have made the Money Makers top In , however, they played 20 shows to , fans behind their No.

The Mac amassed 1. The band also remains strong in physical album sales: It sold , copies last year, , of them on vinyl. Despite the lack of new music, Ye still generated 2. He also picked up a nice chunk of change from , vinyl album sales in , including the 10th-anniversary three-LP release of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

He is that rare artist who still sells downloads, and ranked at No. Where he really shone, though, was on terrestrial radio: Bieber was the top artist in the category with almost 2. The art-metal outfit released Fear Inoculum , its first album in 13 years, in late-summer and played nine dates behind it before canceling the rest of the tour. Despite breaking several Billboard records in , when the group also made its albums available to digital platforms, fans seem to be adapting slowly to streaming: Tool logged just million combined streams for the year.

They made the cut because the band owns about half of its catalog — the rest belongs to the late Allen B. As a result, the 1. Sheeran landed on the Hot twice in February Despite laying low for Ed Sheeran , he remained a staple of web radio, ranking at No. The songs helped give her a nice mix of sales, streaming and publishing revenue. While her 2.

Those wins contributed to his Money Makers debut as a solo act. He came close to ranking in the top 10 for sales royalties with , physical albums scanned that year — , of them vinyl albums. This year, Swift wins. Two other acts entered nine-figure territory this year: British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran No. The No.